diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
index f5ad531e17496501c8ecda7a947c205c30818154..3739646b653f39ced840756a9c72e8cae2524d34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <net/gre.h>
 #include <net/geneve.h>
 #include "en/tc_tun.h"
+#include "en_tc.h"
 
 struct mlx5e_tc_tunnel *mlx5e_get_tc_tun(struct net_device *tunnel_dev)
 {
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ static int get_route_and_out_devs(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		*route_dev = dev;
 		if (is_vlan_dev(*route_dev))
 			*out_dev = uplink_dev;
-		else if (mlx5e_eswitch_rep(dev))
+		else if (mlx5e_eswitch_rep(dev) &&
+			 mlx5e_is_valid_eswitch_fwd_dev(priv, dev))
 			*out_dev = *route_dev;
 		else
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 1453da6ef559cdde6526ce20239ceee666cb8306..e6b199cd68ea2c4401a9089d7294cacc709b5242 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2802,6 +2802,16 @@ static int add_vlan_pop_action(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	return err;
 }
 
+bool mlx5e_is_valid_eswitch_fwd_dev(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
+				    struct net_device *out_dev)
+{
+	if (is_merged_eswitch_dev(priv, out_dev))
+		return true;
+
+	return mlx5e_eswitch_rep(out_dev) &&
+	       same_hw_devs(priv, netdev_priv(out_dev));
+}
+
 static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 				struct flow_action *flow_action,
 				struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow,
@@ -2867,9 +2877,7 @@ static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 
 			action |= MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_FWD_DEST |
 				  MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_COUNT;
-			if (netdev_port_same_parent_id(priv->netdev,
-						       out_dev) ||
-			    is_merged_eswitch_dev(priv, out_dev)) {
+			if (netdev_port_same_parent_id(priv->netdev, out_dev)) {
 				struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = priv->mdev->priv.eswitch;
 				struct net_device *uplink_dev = mlx5_eswitch_uplink_get_proto_dev(esw, REP_ETH);
 				struct net_device *uplink_upper = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(uplink_dev);
@@ -2886,6 +2894,7 @@ static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 					if (err)
 						return err;
 				}
+
 				if (is_vlan_dev(parse_attr->filter_dev)) {
 					err = add_vlan_pop_action(priv, attr,
 								  &action);
@@ -2893,8 +2902,13 @@ static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 						return err;
 				}
 
-				if (!mlx5e_eswitch_rep(out_dev))
+				if (!mlx5e_is_valid_eswitch_fwd_dev(priv, out_dev)) {
+					NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+							   "devices are not on same switch HW, can't offload forwarding");
+					pr_err("devices %s %s not on same switch HW, can't offload forwarding\n",
+					       priv->netdev->name, out_dev->name);
 					return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+				}
 
 				out_priv = netdev_priv(out_dev);
 				rpriv = out_priv->ppriv;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
index f62e81902d27808dfd639a222ee54742d7311cf3..8f288cc53ceeddc0d6e3860604a04d29cd01c636 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ int mlx5e_tc_num_filters(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, int flags);
 
 void mlx5e_tc_reoffload_flows_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
+bool mlx5e_is_valid_eswitch_fwd_dev(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
+				    struct net_device *out_dev);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH */
 static inline int  mlx5e_tc_nic_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv) { return 0; }
 static inline void mlx5e_tc_nic_cleanup(struct mlx5e_priv *priv) {}